REST API issues

[marcoxa]

Hi

I am trying to use the REST API directly from

https://demo.kitware.com/histomicstk/api/v1

So far I have been exploring the "user" handling machinery. It appears that I was able to create a user (cf., "marcoxa") and I am able to login via the main web page https://demo.kitware.com/histomicstk/.

The GET /user/me returns the (I think) correct information after I log in via the web page. However, I cannot authenticate via the REST API. I believe the reason is that the system fails to send emails. I.e., trying to get a verification message states that the mail was sent, but it was never received (no, it did not end up in spam).

Can anybody check these issues?

Thank you

All the best

Marco

[manthey]

The front end ONLY uses the REST API -- so anything you can do from the UI, you can do from the REST API. In general, the normal method to use the REST API programmatically is to log in one and generate an API key and then use that.

See here: https://girder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer-cookbook.html#authenticating-to-the-web-api

The demo.kitware.com site doesn't actually send out emails; it is fairly open but restricted in what external users can upload.

[marcoxa]

Thanks for your response.

Ok. The demo.kitware.com is limited and it cannot really generate the necessary keys to access the site.
May I suggest to advertise this fact? Or change the site in order to point to the girder one?

Thanks

Marco